Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1906 — WIND SPREADS GREAT HAVOC [ARTICLE]

WIND SPREADS GREAT HAVOC

Forty Farm* Art* Short Some of Their Buildings—Much Stock la Killed and Fencing Destroyed. Oxford, Neb.. May 2.—Complete reports from the tornado Indicate a wider range and greater loss than at first rejHirted. The storm extended Into Harlan and Phelps counties, covering territory two tulles wide und fifteeu miles long. Fully forty persons lost their farm buildings or dwellings, In some cases both. Severn 1 families were left homeless without us much as a change of clothing. Valuable stock Is killed and miles of fencing destroyed. <That there was no considerable loss of human life is miraculous.